Gartner claims people are warming to AI
The power of artificial intelligence is unquestionable, but what remains unknown is how long it will take for the technologies to be considered mainstream. Are people afraid of the power of AI?
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US bolsters AI ambitions with Open Government Data Act
President Trump has signed the Open Government Data Act into law, potentially unleashing a tsunami of data for AI applications to be trained with.
Deloitte predicts 50k 5G smartphone in the UK by 2019-end
While the vast majority will have to wait some time before experiencing the euphoria of an extra ‘G’ Deloitte is predicting there will 50,000 early adopters in the UK.
Europe launches new AI initiative to begin catch-up mission
This month has seen the launch of the European Commission’s AI4EU project, an initiative to create an AI-on-demand platform for Europe and challenge for leadership in this blossoming segment.
Europe is losing in the race to secure digital riches – DT CEO
Despite politicians around the world declaring the importance of technology and insisting their nation is one of the world leaders in digital, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hottges does not believe Europe is competing with the US and Asia.
Telcos are missing the AI trick
We’ve spoken about this before, but our bugbear has been renewed at The Great Telco Debate; telcos have too narrow a view on artificial intelligence (AI).
President Xi doesn’t love the private sector, but he needs friends with benefits
Beijing has issued a new policy to encourage entrepreneurship, but it will comes with some pretty major strings attached.
Biometric adoption needs to speed up to exploit the digital bonanza
The idea of biometric identification is not new, though to realise the full benefits of the digital economy, adoption needs to increase and move away from hardware.
We should be regulating AI, but no-one really knows how
A conundrum which has existed throughout the life of the technology and telco industry around the perfect balance between innovation and regulation.
What to bin and what to keep; the big data conundrum
Figuring out what is valuable data and binning the rest has been a challenge for the telco industry, but here’s an interesting dilemma; how do you know the unknown value of data for the usecases of tomorrow?
Softbank is now more of a VC than a telco group
Back in 2016 when Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son announced plans for the $100 billion Vision Fund it looks like a ludicrous plan, but with such incredible growth perhaps we should ask whether Son has been missing his calling for decades.
Telcos are getting pretty good an impersonal communications
They might be slowly headed in the right direction, but telcos are still not great at relating to customers.
Sky flexes its AI muscles
Artificial intelligence might be the buzz word of 2018, but few actually know what to do with the technology. That said, Sky seems to be surging ahead of the pack.
Microsoft recognises AI might screw over some employees
Artificial intelligence has been hyped as the technology which will drive profits in the next era, though few in the technology want recognise how painful the technology will be for some segments of society.
Inward application of tech explains dumb pipe rhetoric
Every telco fears the ‘dump pipe’ label and the push towards commoditisation, but perhaps this trend is being compounded by an inward looking attitude in the application of potentially revolutionary technologies.
Samsing snags network insight firm to boost AI credentials
Samsung has bolstered its 5G readiness with the acquisition of network analytics firm Zhilabs, which uses AI to deliver network optimization insight.
Boston Dynamics rehabs drunken robot into parkour expert
Boston Dynamics has released a new video of its humanoid robot, Atlas, and it is scarily impressive how quickly the technology is advancing.
Android creator rumoured to be working on completely idiotic idea
Essential Products, the consumer electronics company founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is reportedly working on a new smartphone that messages people for you and has a significantly smaller screen.
Huawei doubles, triples and quadruples down on AI
Huawei has stoked the artificial intelligence fire as the industry continues along the path towards the digital, data-orientated, economy.
AI and security sets us apart from the crowd – Google Cloud CEO
Google Cloud is not winning the cloud battle with AWS and Microsoft Azure right now, but with security credentials and artificial intelligence smarts, CEO Diane Greene thinks the future looks profitable.
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